Her heart was with her family and taking care of others
REVERE — Family and friends are kindly invited to attend visiting hours on Friday, December 13 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach St., Revere, for Natalie “Nellie” (Palladino) Lombardo, who died on Monday, December 9, 2024 at the Lighthouse Nursing Care Center in Revere following a brief illness. She was 93 years old, soon to be 94.
A funeral will be held from the funeral home on Saturday, December 14 at 10 a.m. followed by a funeral Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 250 Revere St., Revere, at 11 a.m. Interment will immediately follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.
Nellie was born on December 16, 1930, in Chelsea to her late parents, Rocco and Frances (Lopes) Palladino. Nellie was the last born of 15 children and now has closed the sibling chain. She was raised and educated in Chelsea and attended Chelsea schools. Nellie married her husband, Albert Lombardo, on December 21, 1952. The couple moved to Revere where they began to raise and expand their family. Nellie was a devoted wife and mother, as well as a daughter and sister to her parents and 14 siblings. Nellie later returned to the workforce and was an Accounts Receivable Clerk for Northeastern Wall Coverings in South Boston. Her career spanned over 25 years.
Nellie’s heart was with her family. No matter what she did, her children and grandchildren were involved and always surrounded her with warmth and love. Sunday dinners were an absolute must, and she was all about traditions of many kinds. Nellie loved to cook for her family for any reason. She cherished her life with her husband, and together they enjoyed life. She was a beautiful woman inside and out. She enjoyed getting her hair done every week, and always enjoyed listening to Italian music. Her greatest joy was taking care of her grandchildren; she cherished all of them immensely.
Nellie was fiercely independent and was a selfless person. She never wanted to burden her children in any way; instead, she always wanted to be the one who helped everyone. She was truly the matriarch of her family, and they loved her unconditionally.
The beloved wife of 51 years to the late Albert L. Lombardo, she was the loving mother of Joseph Lombardo and his wife Elaine of Peabody; Donna Lombardo and her late husband John Tobin of Revere; Jo-Ann Rossi and her husband Ronald of North Reading; and Diane Forster and her husband James Jr., of Winthrop.
She was the cherished grandmother of Joseph Lombardo and his wife Kaylee, Lauren Lombardo, Amanda Kalavantis and her husband Christos, Ronald Rossi, James Forster III, Julie Forster and the late Stephanie Saulnier. She was the treasured great-grandmother of Patrick, Cameron, Sean, Andrew, Nico, and Giovanna.
Nellie was the sister of the late Grace Rooney, Sue Taylor, Mary Ciaramella, Annie Damiano, Minnie Belli, Tina Pulsciano, Jenny Kennedy, Rose Hoffman, Dominic, Michael, Rocco, Joseph, Louis, and Anthony Palladino. Many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews also lovingly survive her.
Flowers are accepted or you can make a donation in Nellie’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave, FL. 17, Chicago, IL 60601. For online condolences please visit www.vertucciosmithvazza.com. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals of Revere.
